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Four passengers were notified from the London Port Sanitary
Authority as coming to the Borough from Oporto. The three by
the ss. " City of Cork " did not belong to this district, and the one
by the ss. " Mallard " did not go to the destination given.
Two cases of suspected plague had been landed at Plymouth from
the ss. " Ormuz," arriving from Sydney. The London Port Sanitary
Authority notified 23 persons as going into the Poplar District from
the ship. The individuals who were found to have arrived were
kept under observation, and the Medical Officers of Health were
immediately informed of those cases which had gone out of the
Borough, and the notifying authority was communicated with respecting
any passengers who could not be found.
A notice was received from the London Port Sanitary Authority
respecting a passenger coming into the Borough from Oporto by the
" City of Cork."
Another passenger was notified by the Cardiff Port Sanitary
Authority arriving from Cape Town by the ss. " Nyassa." Both
passengers were kept under observation.
Notice was received from the Cardiff Port Sanitary Authority through
the London County Council of two persons (firemen) coming into the
Poplar Borough who had been allowed to leave the ss. " Inchkeith,"
which had arrived from a place infected with plague, viz., Cape
Town. The firemen were kept under observation.
Notice was received from the Newport Sanitary Authority through
the London County Council of a person coming into the Poplar
Borough who had been allowed to leave the ss. " Whitgift," which
had arrived from a place infected with plague, viz., Cape Town. The
address given was Grosvenor Buildings, the passenger was not found
there, but was eventually traced to Montreal Buildings.
Notice was received from the Port London Sanitary Authority
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